In VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the Shell function is used to run an executable program. It can be employed to start an application or a batch script directly from VBA. When you use the Shell function, it returns a Variant (Double) representing the program’s task ID, which is a unique identifier for the running program
In VBA, the Seek function is used to find out the current position of the file pointer in an open file or to set the position for the next read/write operation within a file opened using the Open statement in binary mode
In VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the Second function is used to obtain the seconds component of a given time. This function takes a single argument, which is the time value from which you want to extract the seconds. The returned value is an integer between 0 and 59
In VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the Round function is used to round a number to a specified number of decimal places. The syntax for the Round function is as follows
In VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the Right function is used to extract a specified number of characters from the right end of a string. This can be very useful when you need to retrieve a substring from a text string based on the number of characters from the end
In VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the RGB function is used to create a color value representing a combination of red, green, and blue components. The RGB function can be used wherever you need to specify a color in VBA, such as setting the color of text, cells, shapes, etc. Each of the red, green, and blue components can have a value between 0 and 255, where 0 represents no intensity and 255 represents full intensity
In VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the Rate function is used to calculate the interest rate per period of an annuity. This function is part of the financial functions available within Excel, and it can be used in VBA by accessing it through the WorksheetFunction object
In VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the Replace function is used to replace occurrences of a substring with a new string within a given input string
The PV (Present Value) function in Excel VBA is used to calculate the present value of an investment based on a constant interest rate and a series of future payments (negative values) and income (positive values). The syntax of the PV function in VBA is
The QBColor function is a holdover from the QuickBASIC days and is available in VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) for compatibility purposes. The QBColor function takes an integer argument and returns a Long representing an RGB color value that can be used to set color properties in VBA, such as for forms, controls, or graphical elements
